Definition of rotator

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Rotator (n.) that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis..

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Gig :: Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth..
Rotatoria :: Rotatoria (n. pl.) Same as Rotifera.
Irrotational :: Irrotational (a.) Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.
Sinistrin :: Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory..
Circumrotatory :: Circumrotatory (a.) turning, rolling, or whirling round..
Peristrephic :: Peristrephic (a.) Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama)..
Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles..
Peritropal :: Peritropal (a.) Rotatory; circuitous.
Levo- :: Levo- () Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory..
Lever :: Lever (n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it..
Revoluble :: Revoluble (a.) Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.
Dextrogyrate :: Dextrogyrate (a.) Same as Dextrorotatory.
Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization..
Rotator :: Rotator (n.) A revolving reverberatory furnace.
Laevorotatory :: Laevorotatory (a.) Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.
Circumrotary :: Circumrotary (a.) Alt. of Circumrotator.
Rotary :: Rotary (a.) Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion..
Levorotatory :: Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc..
Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Turning as on an axis; rotary.
Dextrorotatory :: Dextrorotatory (a.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory..
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